Last week of training in Tucson | Última semana de entrenamiento en Tucson

On Monday morning, Chivas USA took the fields to host their first training session of their final week in Tucson ahead of their third Desert Diamond Cup game against the Colorado Rapids.

Scheduled to be played on Wednesday at noon (PT), the match will decide whether the Goats advance to the Championship game against the Chicago Fire. The Eastern Conference team leads the tournament with six points and has already clinched a spot in the final after defeating the Rapids and FC Tucson back-to-back on Feb. 19 and 22, respectively.

The Red-and-White kicked off their session with a light jog and some stretching before working on passing drills in pairs for about 10 minutes. First Assistant Paul Caffrey led the following exercise in which the team focused on transition and passing accuracy along the pitch.

Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera split the team in two with the goalies also included in the mix to have them work at a more intense rate while trying to steal the ball from one another.

At 10:30 a.m. (PT) the team moved on to work on two different plans. While one group focused on strength and conditioning exercises, the other worked on building up plays into the attack and shots on goal.

The Goats ended their session with another light jog around the pitch and stretching. While the second group will hold their strength and conditioning portion of training in the afternoon, the rest of the guys will use it for resting.

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